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Description: | A broken and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Hod Hill type, Hattatt's Class B (with side knobs/lugs). The head and therefore the pin are missing, but the rest of the brooch remains, surviving in fair condition. The point below the head is narrowed with the brooch having broken at this weak point. Below this is the main panel of the bow, a long transverse panel with terminal knops. It features a moulded ridge with possible fine transverse nicks above and below. Below this the bow narrows, followed by a double transverse ridge. On the lower surface the catch-plate begins with the second ridge. It is sub-triangular with a slightly abraded fold and a web measuring 22.6mm. The leg begins with another pair of ridges, below which it narrows at another ridge before expanding slightly to a square footknob with ridge above. From the flat footknob the foot and bow angle upwards fairly shallowly. The brooch has a dark-grey patina over a lighter, green corroded metal.Hattatt (1982, 89) describes this Class B of Hod Hill brooches as a common military type.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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